Yes, this chord composed of the four tones of "B-F-#D-#G" when it was first presented is the "Tristan chord" that is famous on the Blue Star!
It is also directly called the "Wagner chord".
Its composition and movement seem to follow the conventional romantic harmony function, but in fact it is a rebel, completely subverting the rules of traditional harmony.
Fanning manipulated it, constantly creating auditory vortexes of anxiety and spasms in the theater.
But it never solves the imaginary "tone", but is suspended again and again and then translated three times.
The baton in the hand is cut from the outside to the inside, and penetrates the skin into the marrow, like a sharp scalpel, which cuts open the appearance of rationality and restraint.
Here, the unsatisfied "love" has become the greatest acoustic summary - in the "world as will and appearance", ordinary creatures are full of desires, desire to move forward, constantly being falsely satisfied, and always following them.
Generate new desires that are more difficult to satisfy!
Never resolved.
This is true until the end of "Prelude"!
The jewelry worn by the nobles of Janus shone like stars in the dark, while the artists held the music score of the Prelude, as if waiting for a prophecy to come.
——The extremely unknown tone and prophecy about the entire work, set by "Tristan Chord"!
The first act, when the curtain begins.
The string group weaves the whimper of the ocean with chromatic squirming, and the "life-sport machine" that continues to play on the bass is like the call of an abyss.
A huge sailboat sailing in the waves came into view.
The heroine Isolde, selected from the Bologna School, stands tall on the bow of the ship in layers, wearing a silver-gray robe!
Behind the deck is a tent-style room, magnificent, with tapestries hanging, completely partitioning the bow from the background. There is a narrow staircase next to it leading to the cabin, and the couch on the inside is vaguely visible. Maid Brown Ganny uncovers the tapestry and stands on the stage.
Isolde in front of him looked around.
The audience, wrapped in darkness, was hit by the set on the stage and had an inexplicable palpitations in an instant!
In the past, those opera performances were nothing more than a background board and some props, which allowed people to "encrypt" the scenes depicted in the plot.
And the pen in front of you
They had never seen such a grand and delicate stage set before!
I am immersed in the scene, as if I have a different life!
A "singing of young sailors" that lasted about one minute, led to the first aria of the heroine Isolde-
"The eyes are blurred, looking at the West. Our ship heads to the East;
The refreshing breeze brings us back to our hometown, my Irish girl, where are you stopping?
Is it your deep sigh that is blowing our sails?
Blow, blow, your breeze! It’s sorrow, sorrow, my child!”
Isolde opened his arms and the singing rang through the band's dense texture. His voice sometimes felt like weeping and complaining, and sometimes felt sad and excited.
For the first time, Wagner's iconic "no end melody" implanted a deep impression in the audience's mind: there is no obvious passage division of the music, but is as continuous as the waves!
In the orchestra pool called "Mysterious Abyss", the instruments are sorted by volume, with the loudest at the bottom and the lightest at the top. This design allows the orchestra's sound to not easily overwhelm the singers on the stage, both of which are more
After the integration is well, it will be passed to the audience.
“He is reconstructing the acoustic space!”
More than a dozen professors from the School of Music or Architecture, as well as composers from the seminary, roared in their hearts while clutching the protective fence.
For example, at one moment, the violin sound seemed to come from the dome on the east side, and the horn roar came from the resonance cavity of the west corridor column, and the Valkyrie-like soprano aria actually seemed to come out from under the audience!
The key is that they all end up in their own ears in a different way!
"Very well, exactly in line with the idea."
Director Malay sat in a corner of the front seat, quietly experiencing the unique acoustic effect of the theater after its transformation.
Looking at the stage lights he created with his own hands, as the music fluctuates, the bright and dark changes perfectly project the fierce waves in the protagonist's heart.
".Light, space, human body, and emotions are combined to form a unified and synchronous thinking! And among them, light is the main element! You must try to unify text, music and movement elements into more mysterious and metaphorical light
!Oh, in order to prevent the lighting in the orchestra pool from affecting the stage and the audience, I suggest you install a curved screen on it, and the band's music can also be reflected on the stage through this screen."
One or two criticisms Fanning once made appeared in Malay's mind.
There are both general directions and specific details.
He had no more admiration for his boss for a moment!
The first act of the musical is about a story that takes place between the two countries of "Connor" and "Ireland" - the young knight Tristan from Connor, who is deeply trusted by his uncle King Mark.
As a marriage proposal envoy, he married and escorted the Irish princess Isolde back.
So just now after the curtain was opened, the picture started with the heroine standing on the boat.
Amid the singing of the young sailor, Isolde's conversation with the maid Browngany expressed her melancholy mood of leaving her hometown.
After introducing basic scenes for the audience, the second scene of the first scene immediately aroused everyone's doubts.
——Isolde saw the knight Tristan commanding the sailing in the distance of the deck. For some reason, the complex expression of "old love and new resentment surged into his heart".
Could it be that this Irish princess who is about to marry far away and this noble escort knight has known each other before?
What even had a dispute?
"For me, I am gone! Noble and mighty, bold but timid! Damn head, damn heart!" Isolde sang in hatred, and turned to his faithful maid, "Why are you
Look at that guy?”
"Who are you talking about?" Brown Ganny responded with a warm and mellow mezzo-sex.
"The hero there!"
Isoldeto raised his arm and sang.
"He kept dodging my eyes, his eyes drooping, full of shame and fear. When difficulties and setbacks come, the guy who only knows how to escape!"
There seemed to be a bitter smile in the eyes of the maid Browngany.
"Do you think I sing sinister?" Isolde's melody turned upwards.
"You go and ask him yourself! That free man! Ask him if he dares to approach me!
The greetings and etiquette representing honor were forgotten by this timid hero.
Just to avoid her eyes, this is the unparalleled hero!
Oh, he knows exactly what's going on!
Go and tell the arrogant guy the order of his mistress!"
After hearing this, the maid Browngany bowed down and sang, "Should I invite him to greet you?"
The heroine pointed to the distance angrily and signaled the servant to speed up: "Let my orders teach him, be afraid of me, I, Isolde!"
Almost at the same time, at the front of the deck, the guard Kuvenal's baritone burst out from the rapid band marching, the tight enough band and vocals made the audience breathe rapidly-
"Attention, Tristan!"
"A messenger from Isolde is here!"
"What, from my princess?" The shocked tenor sounded.
The actor who played Tristan was also a carefully selected male lead by the Bologna School, finally officially took the stage!